Mergers & acquisitions research: A bibliometric study of top strategy and international business journals

João Carvalho Santos, Manuel Ferreira (), Nuno Reis () and Martinho Ribeiro Almeida ()
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Martinho Ribeiro Almeida: Universidade de São Paulo

No 91, Working Papers from globADVANTAGE, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria

Abstract: Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are important modes through which firms carry out their domestic and international strategies. This bibliometric review examines the extant published research on M&As in top sixteen leading business journals notable for publishing strategic management and international business research, during a twenty one years period ? from 1980 to 2010. The results of our bibliometric study on a sample of 334 articles on M&As permit us conclude that M&As scholars focus mostly on ?performance? and ?environmental modeling: governmental, social, and political influences on strategy? and that M&A research does not have a specific theoretical ground. We conclude by presenting a broad discussion, and pointing out limitations and avenues for future enquiry.

Keywords: mergers & acquisitions; international business journals, bibliometric study, review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M0 M1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-05-07
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